Draws were the order of the day last evening at Liverpool’s Echo Arena as favorite sons Tony Bellew and Derry Mathews had their homecomings spoiled by performances from Isaac Chilemba and Anthony Crolla. Bellew and Chilemba were tangling for a very high profile prize, with a mandatory title challenge going to the winner of a…
Undefeated WBA and IBO middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin was in blazing form in Monte Carlo on Saturday night, destroying Nobuhiro Ishida’s ambitions with a clinical third round knockout. A straight right hand over the top caught Ishida high and instantly knocked him unconscious, marking a seventh successful title defence for the impressive champion.
With a last minute pull-out from the original opponent, French Champion Bastien Rozeaux, it was nerve-wrecking to the end if a suitable substitute would be found to fight Timur Akhundov for the vacant World Boxing Federation Featherweight title on Saturday in Kiev, Ukraine. In came Belarusian national champion Khavazhy Khatsyhau, who was fit and ready…
In an outstanding fight and one of the best seen in Namibia in many years, Joseph “Smokey†Hilongwa produced a mercurial performance by outworking a never say die Sibusiso Twani of South Africa to win the vacant World Boxing Federation Intercontinental Super Flyweight title on Friday (March 29). The pair went toe-to-toe in a clash…
It goes without saying that Lucian Bute vs. Jean Pascal is the fight that boxing fans everywhere in Canada have been waiting to see for a long time now. Even if there is no title belt on the line for this fight, both fighters have been vocal in the past few years that they are…
Lightweight contender Marvin Quintero (25-4, 21 KOs) is out of his IBF lightweight final eliminator against Ammeth Diaz (31-11, 22 KOs). Quintero was forced to pull out of the April 5th bout — which was scheduled to be the main event of ESPN Friday Night Fights — after breaking his nose in camp. The main…
Tony Bellew fixed his gaze on Isaac Chilemba at today’s weigh in for tomorrow night’s ‘No Retreat, No Surrender’ bill at the Echo Arena in Liverpool live on Sky Sports, and said he will go ‘to the trenches’ in their official final eliminator for the WBC light heavyweight title. Bellew didn’t take his eyes off…
Tony Bellew has warned Isaac Chilemba that he is willing to go through the pain barrier and beyond for victory in their official final eliminator for the WBC light heavyweight title on Saturday night, in ‘No Retreat, No Surrender’ at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, live on Sky Sports. Bellew and Chilemba came face-to-face for…
After the success of Scott Quigg’s recent boxing workshop at Hatton Health and Fitness – it’s now Martin Murray’s turn to put fight fans through their paces. The St Helens ace has agreed to take time out of his busy training schedule and pass on his expertise to a class of eager keep fitters this…
Derry Mathews and Anthony Crolla say the rematch of their fight of the year clash in ‘No Retreat, No Surrender’ at the Echo Arena on Saturday live on Sky Sports will steal the show on a bumper night of boxing in Liverpool. Mathews ripped the British title from Crolla in Oldham in April after six…
Junior lightweight prospect Joel Diaz Jr. (11-0, 10 KOs) is healthy and ready to make his 2013 debut on April 4th at the Bayou Event Center in Houston, Texas against Victor Sanchez (4-5-1, 1 KO). Diaz was scheduled to face Tyler Asselstyne on February 8 in the co-feature of ESPN Friday Night Fights until he…
Undefeated lightweight Angelo “La Cobra†Santana (14-0, 11 KOs), from Miami, Fla., will face Carlos Cardenas (20-6-1, 13 KOs), from Barinas, Venezuela, for the WBA interim lightweight championship, and undefeated super lightweight prospect Amir “Young Master†Imam (8-0, 7 KOs), from Albany, N.Y., meets Jeremy “Hollywood†Bryan (16-2, 7 KOs), from Paterson, N.J., in the…